The editorial boards at the Boston Globe and the New York Times say it is. Cato's Michael Cannon says both papers get their facts wrong.
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|8.19.09 @ 10:05AM|#
Let's fix that Cato link. You guys get enough traffic as it is.
Fluffy|8.19.09 @ 10:14AM|#
Well, by "working" they mean "Healthy, young people who used to opt out of buying health insurance that made no economic sense for them are now compelled to pay in to the system, and we can use their premiums to cover the expenses of everyone else." By that standard, the MA reforms are "working".
They aren't really concerned with containing costs. They're concerned about making sure that healthy people perform the role they are assigned in the leftist moral universe, namely to be milch cows for people who consume a lot of health care.
|8.19.09 @ 10:23AM|#
The plans are doing GREAT, if you discount those pesky "running at a loss" and "nearly insolvent" issues.
Tacos mmm...|8.19.09 @ 10:38AM|#
This is actually Nick Gillespies' solution as well, although he believes that the milch cows should volunteer.
Biff |8.19.09 @ 10:40AM|#
Simply posting links is so much more honorable than slightly reworking someone else's piece and then attaching one's name to it.
PR|8.19.09 @ 10:44AM|#
well, if both the New York Times AND The Boston Globe agree....
|8.19.09 @ 11:38AM|#
Nothing wrong with them volunteering, Tacos. No one would be forced.
Boston teacher|8.19.09 @ 11:56AM|#
The plan are working, and the children is learning!
me|8.19.09 @ 1:39PM|#
http://www.bostonherald.com/jobfind/news/healthcare/view/20090815bay_states_four_largest_health_insurers_post_losses/srvc=home&position=also
All the health insurers in MA have big losses this quarter - must be that it's working...